Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Wendig Chuck

Author:Wendig, Chuck [Wendig, Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Abaddon Books
Published: 2013-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Stuck Pig

THE TOYOTA HISSES. Above it, a whisper of steam from under the hood. Below it, a spreading pool of neon green—like the blood spilled from a gut-shot alien.

Alison sobs.

She had just passed Dayton, Ohio, headed toward the Indiana border, when all this happened. The car overheated. Needle into the red. All the vehicle warning lights going off at once—moments later, the engine started to gutter. And now, here she sits. The Toyota just a lump of dead metal on the side of the highway.

So, she cries.

A hard, heavy cry, like rain on a metal roof, like hail against the side of a house. She misses her son. She feels the hole in her mind. Everything seems impossible and out of control—a windmill spinning faster and faster until the slats and blades start to squeak and complain and break off, falling toward the earth. Her hands grip the wheel. Her forehead presses against her knuckles.

She hits the dashboard with the heel of her hand. Once, twice, thrice. A tiny childish hope inside her that she, like the Fonz, has the ability to make things work just by hitting them. It used to work on Nintendos and VCRs.

It does not work on the Toyota.

She keeps crying.

Eventually, the sobbing tapers. The tears dry up. She blows her nose.

Then she calls Triple-A.

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